Syntax:
< input type="file" name="myFile" >

The browser button defined a file-select filed and a "Browse" button for file uploads.

Syntax:
<Input type = "text" name = "name">

Validation is a process of checking the input data submitted by the user from client machine.

HTML form controls are used to collect data from user.

PHP provides a convenient way of working with files via collection of built in functions, some of the functions are file open, file read, file close, file write, Appending a file and uploading a file.
(i.e.): fopen(), fread(), fclose(), fwrite(), file_put_contents(), etc.

File handling is an important activity of all web application development process.
Files are processed for different tasks using the following events :
(i) PHP Open a File,
(ii) PHP Read a File,
(iii) PHP Close a File,
(iv) PHP Write a File,
(v) PHP Appending a File and 
(vi) PHP uploading a File.
(1) PHP Open a File : fopen() is a system function available in PHP. This function helps to open a file in the server. It contains two parameters one for the file and the other one specifies in which mode the file should be opened (Read/Write).
Syntax:
$file_Object= fopen("FileName", "Read/
WriteMode") or die("Error Message!");
Example:

$myfile = fopen("Student.txt", "r")
or die("Unable to open file!");
?>
(ii) PHP Read a File: The fread() function reads from an open file. The file object comes from fopen function.
Syntax:
fread($file_Object,filesize("FileName"));
Example:

fread($myfile,filesize("Student.txt"));
?>
(iii) PHP Close a File: The fclose() function is used to close an opened file. The file object comes from fopen function.
Syntax:
fclose($file_Object);
Example:

(iv) PHP write a File: The fwrite() function is used to write to a file.
Syntax:

In the file handling process following task can be included
(i) open file for read and write
(ii) close file
(iii) perform operations on file
(iv) write results
With PHP we can handle file easily. There are various in built functions available for file handling for PHP.
Using file handling we can open, create, upload and edit files in PHP before working with file. We must open the file first using fopen() function.fopen() function is used in a following manner to perform this task.
＄fp = fopen(, )
In the above code, we have used two parameters while using fopen() function.
filename to open mode in which file is to be opened.
The function will return a file pointer if the file is successfully opened, otherwise it will return false.
Modes we use in the file handling